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“Bitesize” – Our new My Home Life England Online Programme
My Home Life England has developed “Bitesize” – a new online offer for busy care home managers This online course is an introduction to the My Home Life England programme for care home managers, exploring each of the My Home Life frameworks, as well as a session on technology. Course overview: Hear practical ideas […]
READ MOREVacancy: Community Engagement Lead for Care Homes (Maternity Cover)
My Home Life England is looking to recruit a full-time or part-time Senior Development Officer who can work on two strands of activity: Three days a week will support our work on connecting younger people with care homes for older people across 11 local areas of England as part of a project (Care Home Friends […]
READ MORETop Tips for supporting nominated visitors to return to the care home from a group of care home managers in Essex
The below thoughts were shared with My Home Life England by a group of care home managers in Essex. They shared tips for how they themselves and other managers could support their teams to welcome nominated visitors back into the care home, ensure safety and also look to the future. These are their thoughts: Prior to […]
READ MOREPrecious moments of connection: Our thoughts on the last 12 months
“We pulled people together. Communicating between families and residents. Dancing! I worked 15-16 days in a row, 18 hours a day. My motivation? – it needed to be done.” This is a typical response from the many managers that we at My Home Life England have been supporting over the past 12 months through our bespoke […]
READ MOREMeet our new My Home Life England Development Board
As we move into our 15th year, the My Home Life movement remains a strong and connected network working towards our vision of a world where all care homes for older people are great places to live, die, visit and work. Now supported by the My Home Life charity, we are working in 6 countries […]
READ MOREHelp us develop best practice resources – join our expert advisory group
My Home Life England are running a short-term project to shine a light on the great practice in care homes in England and adapt our materials based on the advice of care home managers. We’re looking for up to 7 care home managers to help us: co-produce new ways of communicating our best practice resources […]
READ MOREIntergenerational Linking resources – connecting young people with care homes this winter
Do you have or know children looking for fun ways to connect with older people living in care homes this festive season? As part of our Care Home Friends and Neighbours: Intergenerational Linking project, in partnership with The Linking Network, we’ve created 7 step-by-step resources to encourage young people to connect with older people living in […]
READ MOREStylish scrubs showcased in ‘Scrubbers’ Fashion Show!
The wonderful teams at The Old Vicarage in Bolton and Whitefield House in Bury have shared with us two fantastic videos showing their recent ‘Scrubbers’ Fashion Show and examples of Community Engagement initiatives both before and during COVID-19. We heard the stories behind the videos and how COVID-19 has led them to adapt: “We’ve always […]
READ MORECare home WhatsApp initiative supported by My Home Life Charity wins Nursing Times Award
As a response to Covid-19, My Home Life Charity supported colleagues in Nottingham to develop a WhatsApp peer-to-peer support group for care homes during the first wave of COVID-19 that quickly went national. We are thrilled to share that this initiative won the ‘Care of Older People’ category at the 2020 Nursing Times Awards! The WhatsApp […]
READ MORECOVID-19 ‘Lockdown Learnings’ – care homes share things they found helpful
Staff from a group of care homes have shared with us at My Home Life England some of the things they found helpful during the first lockdown of 2020. These ‘Lockdown Learnings’ may be of interest to other care homes. The thoughts of 12 care home managers and activity coordinators from the Care Home Friends […]
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